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debra:
This is great Richard

rae21:
Great read so good I said it thrice

Jimbo:
Good stuff. I'm not surprised you were bitten by mozzies after taking B12. All the science shows it to be a complete myth. For example:


--- Quote ---Vitamin B is often recommended in the popular media as a systemic repellent against mosquitoes. This information is especially prevalent on the Web. The results of a small number of published studies suggested that vitamin B complex supplements are not effective as repellents, but these studies were limited by the use of very few human subjects and only 1 species of mosquito, Aedes aegypti. We extended this work with the use of larger samples of human subjects and with Anopheles stephensi as the test organism. We tested whether ingestion of vitamin B supplements under various regimens affected the attractiveness of volatile skin components transferred to glass vials. Although there was substantial and consistent individual variation in attractiveness, we found no effect of vitamin B supplementation.
--- End quote ---

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2005

Soulie:
Great read Richard, keep it coming.

I had the same problem as your wife this year.  16 bites in first 2 days, OH never had 1!  I had sprays, wipes, candles, plug-ins and was eating tzatziki until it came out of my ears (garlic) and also have B12 injections every 3 months for a condition I have but nothing worked!  Young girl in bar gave me a wrist band and hey ho no further bites for rest of holiday!!  I looked like a pack of dominos to start off with  ;D

rilo57:
 enjoying it Richard, dont stop now

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